Energy Transition

Cathy Landry
US Capitol
Government

Congress kills Biden-era methane fee

March 4, 2025
The Republican-controlled Congress voted along party lines to kill a federal fee on oil and gas producers that release high levels of methane.

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Government

EPA grants West Virginia Class VI well primacy

Jan. 18, 2025
The US Environmental Protection Agency has granted West Virginia Class VI well primacy, allowing it to oversee and administer the well program for carbon capture, utilization,...
Energy Transition

Equinor, Standard Lithium finalize US DOE grant for Arkansas lithium project

Jan. 16, 2025
Equinor and Standard Lithium have been formally granted $225 million from the US Department of Energy for a lithium-extraction project in Arkansas.
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Pengerang Integrated Complex at Johor in southern Peninsular Malaysia.
Refining

Eni-Petronas-Euglena JV taps Maire hydrogen technology for Malaysian SAF, HVO project

Jan. 14, 2025
Petronas and partners let a contract for delivery of a new hydrogen production unit to be installed at the planned grassroots biorefinery to be built in southern Peninsular Malaysia...
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Montana Renewables LLC Great Falls plant.
Energy Transition

Montana Renewables advances SAF expansion at Great Falls biorefinery

Jan. 13, 2025
Calumet subsidiary Montana Renewables closed on a conditional loan guarantee from the US DOE to fund the proposed MaxSAF expansion at its renewable fuels manufacturing plant in...
Energy Transition

North Dakota grants final major permit for Cerilon’s proposed GTL complex

Dec. 23, 2024
Cerilon received the final major permit required for the operator’s proposed plan to build a gas-to-liquids plant near Trenton, ND.